10:00 - 16:00

In this workshop Janina will take you through all the steps to design and paint your own canvas sheet using acrylic paint and adding decoration and interest with stamping, stencilling and marl making techniques. She will then show you how to make two styles of handmade books using your beautiful painted canvas pieces for the covers. The first book will be a cross stitch binding with a partially exposed spine. The second book will be a pamphlet stitch notebook.

Specific Skills Students Will Learn:

• Preparing a canvas sheet with gesso

• Painting and mark making with acrylic paint

• Trimming inside pages and preparing the signatures ready for making the books

• Using a template for accurate hole placement in the covers and the signatures

• Binding a book using the cross stitch binding technique

• Making a pamphlet stitch notebook

What to bring:

• White gesso

• 4 or 5 acrylic paints in your choice of colours

• Paint brushes including a ½ inch flat brush or similar, and larger brush for applying the gesso

• Palette suitable for mixing acrylic paint

• Hairdryer

• Apron

• Tablecloth

• A packed lunch

  Tools for students to bring if you have them. If not there will be some available to borrow on the day.  

• Cutting tools: sharp sturdy craft knife, large cutting mat, metal ruler

• Measuring tools: T square ruler (handy but optional), sharp pencil

• Large eye tapestry needle

• Scissors

• Awl to poke holes

• Bone folder (or you can use fingernail)

• Shoe knife / clip knife for slicing paper (handy but optional)

Included on the day:

• Any other materials not specified for students to bring

• Expert tuition

• 1 to 1 guidance

• Detailed demonstrations

• A selection of tea, freshly brewed coffee, biscuits and delicious cakes

And of course you take your wonderful creations from the day. If you share any photographs of your day here and/or your finished work, we’d love to see them so please tag us @micklemsfarmcreativeworkshops or use the hashtag #micklemsfarmcreativeworkshops.

Terms - Fee is payable on booking. If, having booked, you can no longer attend, we are unable to offer a refund. However, you may nominate someone else to attend the workshop or class in your place by notifying us using the contact page on the Micklems Farm website. We reserve the right to cancel a workshop up to 48 hours prior to the workshop date. We will only cancel due to insufficient places sold and you will be refunded the full amount paid.

Number of students: 10